Secretary of State of Kansas
one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas
The Secretary of State of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas. They are in charge of administering elections and voter registration for Kansas. They also get campaign finance reports. They are also able to prosecute people for voter fraud.[1]
| Secretary of State of the State of Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | John Winter Robinson |
| Formation | February 1861 |
| Website | sos |
The current Secretary of State is Scott Schwab. He has been secretary since January 14, 2019.[2]
History
changeThe first Secretary of State for Kansas was John Winter Robinson. He was a doctor from Litchfield, Maine, but he moved to Manhattan, Kansas in 1857. Robinson was elected in December 1859. He became secretary in February 1861, after Kansas became a state.[3]
List of secretaries
changeSecretaries in the Kansas Territory
change| Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Woodson | 1854–1857 | Democratic |
| Frederick P. Stanton | 1857 | Democratic |
| James W. Denver | 1857–1858 | Democratic |
| Hugh Sleight Walsh | 1858–1860 | Democratic |
| George M. Beebe | 1860–1861 | Democratic |
State
change| Name | Term | Party |
|---|---|---|
| John Winter Robinson | 1861–1862 | Republican |
| Sanders Rufus Shepherd | 1862–1863 | Republican |
| Warren Wirt Henry Lawrence | 1863–1865 | Republican |
| Rinaldo Allen Barker | 1865–1869 | Republican |
| Thomas Moonlight | 1869–1871 | Republican |
| William Hillary Smallwood | 1871–1875 | Republican |
| Thomas Horne Cavanaugh | 1875–1879 | Republican |
| James Smith | 1879–1885 | Republican |
| Edwin Bird Allen | 1885–1889 | Republican |
| William Higgins | 1889–1893 | Republican |
| Russell Scott Osborn | 1893–1895 | Populist |
| William Corydon Edwards | 1895–1897 | Republican |
| William Eben Bush | 1897–1899 | Populist |
| George Alfred Clark | 1899–1903 | Republican |
| Joel Randall Burrow | 1903–1907 | Republican |
| Charles Eugene Denton | 1907–1911 | Republican |
| Charles Harrison Sessions | 1911–1915 | Republican |
| John Thomas Botkin | 1915–1919 | Republican |
| Lewis Julian Pettijohn | 1919–1922 | Republican |
| David Owen McCray | 1922–1923 | Republican |
| Frank Joseph Ryan | 1923–1929 | Republican |
| Edgbert Albert Cornell | 1929–1933 | Republican |
| Frank Joseph Ryan | 1933–1949 | Republican |
| Larry Ryan | 1949–1951 | Democratic |
| Paul R. Shanahan | 1951–1966 | Republican |
| Elwill M. Shanahan | 1966–1978 | Republican |
| Jack Brier | 1978–1987 | Republican |
| Bill Graves | 1987–1995 | Republican |
| Ron Thornburgh | 1995–2010 | Republican |
| Chris Biggs | 2010–2011 | Democratic |
| Kris Kobach | 2011–2019 | Republican |
| Scott Schwab | 2019–present | Republican |
References
change- ↑ Eveld, Edward M. (October 28, 2015). "Former Olathe couple among those charged with voter fraud by Kris Kobach". Kansas City Star. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Republican Schwab wins Kansas secretary of state race". www.hutchpost.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ↑ Blackmar, Frank (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History. Standard Publishing Co. pp. 592–598.